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This week I provide the second part of my hands-on preview of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, talk about some of the changes on the site and podcast after one year, and a new person joins the Gaming Steve forums. You might know him, he goes by the name Will Wright and made a game called The Sims or something.... Enjoy!

Gaming Steve Episode 41 Program

00:07:02 Game News:

Sony sells the Metreon.

Red 5 Studios and Webzen sign a deal.

Dungeons & Dragons Online launches.

World of Warcraft hits 6 million and adds the Spanish language.

Live Arcade gets five more.

Microsoft to start $10 Greatest Hits program.

Oblivion is done, all hail Oblivion.

What the heck is this Microsoft Origami project?

Another analysts predicts PS3 delay.

Rockstar Games serves up ... Table Tennis?

00:30:37 SporeTalk: Spore to evolve onto handhelds? And when is a game "leak" really a "leak"?

00:38:36 Game Preview: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for the Xbox 360 and PC, part two.

01:14:15 RetroReview: Planescape: Torment for the PC.

01:26:55 “Name That Game!” contest winner from last week, a new clip, and a very cool prize!

01:30:32 Show Mail: I answer your text and Oblivion questions.

01:58:03 Final Thoughts: What should I do next week for my one year anniversary show? And what to expect from my reports at the Game Developers Conference 2006 and I-Con appearances.

I really enjoyed the Planescape: Torment retro review in this episode. It is the best game I have ever played so it's always nice to hear from another person who enjoyed it. Some of your details were a little off but that's okay.

Hey steve, right at the start of your preview, when you talk about being able to talk to the guards for directions and such, You mention atleast twice that the imperial city is Small. Can you clarify that? The Imperial City is supposed to be the biggest city in the game, and/or atleast it's supposed to be bigger than Vivec from Morrowind. Which as I recall, wasn't exactly small.

It is Sennheiser, not Sennheisen. Created an account to say this - I am a headphone nerd (aside to other people here: yes, high-end sound is actually possible with headphones - most consumer-level headphones are total crap; for instance, Bose, which is considered the best by the average person [thanks to advertising and consumer ignorance], actually makes horrible, extremely-overpriced headphones) and it irked me that you couldn't get the name right. I also have used headphones only for playing games on my PC for the past several years.

Great show Steve, been listening to you for a month or so, stumbled upon you when looking for info on oblivion and found to love your podcasts and spore information. I look very much forward to your 1 year episode. Cheers.

Hey steve, right at the start of your preview, when you talk about being able to talk to the guards for directions and such, You mention atleast twice that the imperial city is Small. Can you clarify that? The Imperial City is supposed to be the biggest city in the game, and/or atleast it's supposed to be bigger than Vivec from Morrowind. Which as I recall, wasn't exactly small.

I might have just been a section of the city that I was in that felt small. Some sections of the cities have more going on than others. There are so many cities in the game and so many of them are so big that almost lost track. This game is really really big, I wouldn't worry about it.

Oh cool Planescape Torment! I heard a friend of mine rave about that game once. As it was the only game he ever played, but I though it was just one of those Myst/Riven like games with a sight Baldurs Gate twist, but now I'm certainly going to try it!

Btw, I already thought the "Name this Game" sounded familiar, got that game, played a bit, not much(was young still, didn't understand much of it, 13 ish of age, my english sucked big time). My brother played it a lot. Very nice game, ah the memories.